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Estimating the benefit incidence of an antipoverty program by propensity score matching (Inglés)

Abstracto en inglés

This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Estimating the benefit incidence of an antipoverty program by propensity score matching, conducted between 1997 and 1998, in Argentina. The study observed that the average... Vea más +This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Estimating the benefit incidence of an antipoverty program by propensity score matching, conducted between 1997 and 1998, in Argentina. The study observed that the average direct gain to the participant is found to be about half the gross wage. Over half of the beneficiaries are in the poorest decile nationally, and 80 percent are in the poorest quintile. The Propensity Score Matching (PSM) estimator is reasonably robust to a number of changes in methodology. Participants are more likely to be poor than non-participants. Participants are less well-educated, live in poorer neighborhoods and are more likely to be members of neighborhood associations and political parties. Average gains are similar between men and women, but are higher for younger workers. Funding for the study derives from the World Bank Research Committee.
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